Abstract Lupus is an autoimmune disease that can affect many different systems in your body. There are several types of lupus and each can affect the body’s systems differently by varying degrees. The bodily system most effect by lupus is the immune system. Lupus is an autoimmune disease, which means that the body’s immune system attacks its own bodily cells and tissues. This triggers a non-specific response resulting in inflammation and tissue damage. In a person who has lupus B-cells and T-cells
Lupus has no precise meaning when used alone due to the various types, but it is a broad term for a chronic, progressive, skin disease. The types of lupus include: Lupus nephritis, Cutaneous lupus erythematosus, neuropsychiatric lupus, discoid lupus erythematosus, lupus pernio, lupus vulgaris, drug induced lupus erythematosus, and the most crucial systematic lupus erythematosus. The immune system is designated to attack foreign substances, but with lupus the immune system accidently attacks healthy
Evidence-Based Practice Nursing Interventions and Treatment for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Pain. Fatigue. Rashes. Depression. These are a few of the manifestations associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune disease that affects millions of people worldwide with eighty percent of them being women ages 15-45 (Tretheway, 2004). Systemic lupus erythematosus is a disease where the body literally attacks itself. For reasons that are not known, the body loses the ability to recognize
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic, inflammatory, autoimmune disease that affects multiple organ systems (Weinstein, 2011). It is characterized by a stable disease process with episodes of active disease flare-ups. (Daleboudt, Berger, Broadbent & Kaptein, 2011). SLE primary affects women of childbearing age and it has been hypothesized that this is due to circulating estrogen levels (Bernknopf, Rowley, & Bailey, 2011). Diagnosis of SLE and organ involvement is made through laboratory
When someone has lupus they have a different outlook on life. For patients with this disease, even the easiest task can be painful to the body or joints. Lupus is not contagious. “Lupus is a disease of the immune system. The immune system protects the body from inflection”(http://lupus.webmd.com). With lupus, the immune system attacks the tissue in many parts of the body. Lupus affects women more than men(www.womenshealth.gov). There are many different types of lupus, and each symptom affect different
What is happening in research? ¨ Many doctors and scientists are investigating the cause and cure of lupus. At medical centres worldwide (including Canada), research has led to improved tests and techniques for diagnosis and better methods for predicting flares. These allow doctors to start treatment sooner, which improves chances for success. As part of research, many centres collect and store patient information and statistics. The results of this data can help doctors and patients make better
Lupus and Chronic Pain Syndrome are two things many people don't understand and two things I have. They are both autoimmune diseases, and they both cause pain. If you look up the definition of lupus it says an inflammatory disease caused when the immune system attacks its own healthy tissue, so basically I'm having an internal fight within myself. If you were to look up the definition of chronic pain syndrome, it's just like it sounds, persistent pain that last weeks to years. Dealing with the two
Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease that occurs when the body's immune system attacks its tissues and organs. This is similar to “friendly fire” and can cause permanent scarring that in the end will damage the function of certain organs and systems in the body. There are five different types of Lupus; Discoid lupus erythematosus, Subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus, Drug-induced lupus, Neonatal lupus and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). However, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) being
Dead at the age of thirty nine years young, Flannery O’Conner lost her fight with lupus, but had won her place as one of America’s great short story writers and essayist. Born in Savannah, Georgia, within the borders of America’s “Bible Belt”, she is raised Catholic, making O’Connor a minority in the midst of the conservative Protestant and Baptist faiths observed in the Southern United States. In the midst of losing her father at the age fifteen, followed by her diagnosis and struggle with the
support in post graduate studies and programs was beneficial motivator. Early in my childhood I was faced with task that many adults could not undertake. I had thirteen years of personal experience with disabilities from my mother who has Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Giving medication, going to appointments and, listening to doctors who were specialists in internal medicine and rheumatology increased my knowledge and education at a very young age. This experience led me to look into the NP
Lupus Definition of the Disease Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown cause that can affect virtually any part of the body. The medical term for Lupus is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or better known as SLE. With Lupus there is a malfunction in some of the cells of the immune system. "In Lupus, the body overreacts to an unknown stimulus and makes to many antibodies, or proteins directed against body tissue. Thus, Lupus is called an autoimmune disease. ”# Myth/Reality Statements Myth:
Lupus Disease Connective Tissues are tissues that connect, supports, and separates tissue organs. This tissue is known to be a tissue that has many diseases. Lupus disease being one of the many. Lupus is a chronic disease that damages any part of the body. For example: skin, joints, and organs, are all problem areas for this disease. The cause of Lupus is unknown and could be very difficult to diagnose. It may take years to officially diagnose a patient of having the Lupus disease. Doctors examine
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Kelli Worobel Dr Stewart BSL 115- Human Anatomy & Physiology I Galen College Criteria #1, Description of the pathology and Criteria #2, Body System (s) involved Systemic Lupus Erythematosus “The Lupus Foundation of America estimates that 1.5 million Americans, and at least five million people worldwide, have a form of lupus” (Lupus Foundation of America Inc, 2017) Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, referred to as SLE or lupus, is a chronic, long term disease that causes
Cline and Edward F. O’Connor. In 1938 O’Connor and her family moved to Milledgeville where she attended school at Peabody Laboratory School (Merriam-Webster 824). At the young age of fifteen her father Edward passed away of a disease called systematic lupus erythematosus. Although the death of her father hit O’Connor hard she pushed on and began to write. O’Connor became an editor of the Corinthian, a literary magazine at Georgia State College for Women. There she wrote and submitted fiction essays and
"Lupus" Systemic lupus erythematosus, or simply lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease or immune system malfunction. A person's immune system normally protects the person from viruses, bacteria and other foreign materials. When a person has an autoimmune diseases like lupus, the immune system turns against itself and attacks itself. Lupus does not have a known cause, and because of that it has no known cure. The exact cause of lupus is unknown, but scientists suspect that it is likely to be
Lupus is known as “the cruel mystery” in the world of disease/medicine. 1.5 million Americans are currently diagnosed with Lupus, with the number possibly being a lot higher since it is one of the most difficult diseases to diagnose in the WORLD (5 Million some form of Lupus) B. Relevance: You might ask why should I care? How does this affect me or what is it exactly? Well the truth is that most people don’t realize they have Lupus. It so difficult to diagnose it is know as the “great imitator”
Lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus) is an autoimmune condition that is characterized by systematic damages caused on the immune system by the body itself. The most affected parts if the body by this condition are, heart, kidney, liver, joints, and the brain. With these parts of the body affected, the entire body can end up being paralyzed or rather not working well. Lupus or SLE is commonly recognized by butterfly rush which spreads across the nose and cheeks (Magro et al. 2013). However, the most
O'Connor, was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (Biography.com). In 1946, she was accepted into the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, where she studied journalism. In 1951, she was also diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. I think those two things that happened to her and her father are what caused her to have such an influence of God’s divine grace in her stories. She probably figured out sometime after her diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus that everything happens
Living with Lupus Lauren Choate College of the Mainland Lupus is a dangerous disease that can affect anyone. It has no cure and is known to affect 9 out of 10 adults. “Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), also called lupus, is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by unusual antibodies in the blood that target tissues of the body.” (Frazier & Drzymkowski, 2008) Autoimmune means that your immune system cannot tell the difference between foreign invaders and your body’s healthy
Sadly, this world is majorly affected by disease. It tears families apart, ruins lives, and brings pain to the affected. This long list of life-destroying diseases includes systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE. “[SLE] is a multisystemic, autoimmune disease of unknown etiology, which affects multiple organ systems, including the central nervous system, or CNS” (Milovancevic et al.). This disease will literally turn a person’s body against itself. It leads to a lot of pain in the victim. The optimistic